Head of People & Culture - UAE National

Yello; Dubai; Presencial; AED 600 000 - 800 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Yello in Dubai is seeking a Head of People & Culture (UAE National) to shape and lead the HR agenda from inception. You will design the function, craft the people strategy and implement workforce planning, organisation design and job architecture to support rapid growth.

You will drive Emiratisation, develop reward and career frameworks, and partner with senior leadership to enable transformation and a high-performing culture.

Qualificações

• UAE National with strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Proven HR experience across organisational development and core HR disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience building or transforming HR functions, operating models or people practices.
• Experience in a start-up, scale-up, transformation or greenfield environment highly preferred.
• Strong capability in organisational design, workforce planning and employee engagement.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from the ground up.
• Commercially minded with strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Able to challenge senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.
• Experience leveraging technology, analytics, automation or AI within HR.
• Ambitious, hands-on and motivated by the opportunity to help shape a long-term institutional success story.

Responsabilidades

• Design and establish the People & Culture function from inception.
• Develop the people strategy, employee value proposition and talent framework.
• Create workforce planning, organisational design and job architecture frameworks.
• Build scalable onboarding, performance management and employee experience initiatives.
• Lead Emiratisation strategy and create pathways for UAE National talent development.
• Design reward, recognition and career development frameworks.
• Partner with leadership on organisational growth, transformation and culture.
• Develop policies, governance structures and employee relations frameworks.
• Manage external recruitment and HR service providers during the establishment phase.
• Drive the adoption of automation, AI and digital solutions across people processes.
• Build a high-performing culture characterised by collaboration, accountability, innovation and constructive challenge.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on workforce, talent and organisational effectiveness.

Conhecimentos

Stakeholder mgmt

HR generalist

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Employee engagement

Ambiguity tolerance

Negotiation skills

Influencing & credibility

HR analytics/AI in HR

Strategic thinking

Descrição da oferta de emprego

A newly established, innovation-led organisation creating a new model for talent development, research and industry collaboration.

• Design and establish the People & Culture function from inception.
• Develop the people strategy, employee value proposition and talent framework.
• Create workforce planning, organisational design and job architecture frameworks.
• Build scalable onboarding, performance management and employee experience initiatives.
• Lead Emiratisation strategy and create pathways for UAE National talent development.
• Design reward, recognition and career development frameworks.
• Partner with leadership on organisational growth, transformation and culture.
• Develop policies, governance structures and employee relations frameworks.
• Manage external recruitment and HR service providers during the establishment phase.
• Drive the adoption of automation, AI and digital solutions across people processes.
• Build a high-performing culture characterised by collaboration, accountability, innovation and constructive challenge.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on workforce, talent and organisational effectiveness.

A successful Head of People & Culture - UAE National should have:

• UAE National with strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Proven HR experience across organisational development and core HR disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience building or transforming HR functions, operating models or people practices.
• Experience in a start-up, scale-up, transformation or greenfield environment highly preferred.
• Strong capability in organisational design, workforce planning and employee engagement.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from the ground up.
• Commercially minded with strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
• Able to challenge senior stakeholders with confidence and credibility.
• Experience leveraging technology, analytics, automation or AI within HR.
• Ambitious, hands-on and motivated by the opportunity to help shape a long-term institutional success story.